This is a place where I will show my journey of discovery as I attempt new recipes in cooking & baking, as well as making cute Bento's.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Sugar Cookies

Here is the cute pumpkin

So Last night was my adventure with sugar cookies. My co-worker who is amazing in the kitchen gave me her recipe. Unfortuenately when I first got it the margerine and sugar amounts were missing. I think i put a little too much margerine in them and rolled them too thin. They turned out extremely tasty, but the first two batches were a bit crisp and the last one was too soft and falling apart. Sigh. Luckily i still have half a bowl of dough in the refrigerator which i'm going to add cinnamon and nutmeg too and cook the rest tomorrow. The cookie cutter shapes are really cute. I had a pumpkin, ghost, and cat cookie cutters to play with. For the guys I frosted theirs with chocolate frosting and added sprinkles.Here is the recipe for those who want it.

Soft Sugar Cookies

By, Dianne

Cream together:

2/3 Cup margarine (not butter)

2 eggs

1 Tsp vanilla

2/3 Cup sugar

¼ Cup milk

Sift in:

2 ½ Cup flour

½ Tsp salt

2 ½ Tsp baking powder

Mix well.Mixture will be gooey.Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes or overnight.Turn on to LIGHTLY floured surface.Roll to ½" thick with LIGHTLY floured rolling pin.Cut out using floured cookie cutters.Bake 7-9 minutes @ 375°